Count yourself lucky. I'm in Accrington
tbh, you didn't need to add anything else.
Good point, well made.
I love cocktails. Trouble is, having been brought up on pints I gauge my intake through volume; as a consequence most cocktail nights I've been to usually end up with me staggering home about 30 minutes after arriving.
Do you do any that can be drunk in pint qtys that wouldn't involve the loss of all control over bodily functions, or run up a debt to shame a small country?
And if you can get down to Woking or Guildford by train I'll pick you up and show you around the decent trails near Swinley that aren't Swinley. And rather than a bar tab, I'll settle for a pint afterwards.
Do you do any that can be drunk in pint qtys that wouldn't involve the loss of all control over bodily functions, or run up a debt to shame a small country?
Lager top?
That's not a cocktail, that's a strong shandy.
That's not a cocktail, that's a strong shandy.
Play on an old joke.
southern yuppie type goes into a glasweigan pub..
'I'll have a lager top, please.'
gruff glasweigan landord..
'We donnay do cocktails...'
I love cocktails. Trouble is,
Trouble is, many "cocktail bars" charge silly money for half a pint of fruit juice with homeopathic amounts of alcohol.
Niche aside, I'd cheerfully pay good money for proper cocktails made by people who know what they're doing.
£1 from each drink goes to the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity. Of course, I OKed it with him first—he thinks it’s hilarious.
That must've taken some doing. Seance?
Trouble is, many "cocktail bars" charge silly money for half a pint of fruit juice with homeopathic amounts of alcohol
This. I want my cocktail to be a shit ton of booze with just enough flavouring to stop it tasting like avgas.
Long island iced tea is a favourite *hic* 🙂
Hey Felix, make me a ****ing MOHEETOW!!!
Joking! fair play for chipping in and taking it all so well.
I'd cheerfully pay good money for proper cocktails made by people who know what they're doing.
I think you'll find that's what they call a 'Mixologist'
Should've opened with the 'No Tories' rule 🙂
Gawd you lot.
You just hate anyone with a bit of flavour and spike about them dontcha...
I think he has a point, a point well made and yes I'd go and share a cocktail over there..
What I wanna know is Felix really your name ?
Are you sure you haven't made it up ?
£1 from each drink goes to the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity. Of course, I OKed it with him first—he thinks it’s hilarious.
That must've taken some doing. Seance?
Probably not, it was John Underwood that was being referred to. Do try to keep up at the back 😛
Thread of the night BTW, one of many pretentious arseholes turns out to be a cocktail bartender, couldn't make it up... 😉
Good comeback from Mr Cohen!
I actually read the article as a bit of a light hearted piss take
It's a wind up. Bellends like that would have been rubbed out before achieving bartender age, surely.
It’s weird being hard-left wing in a luxury industry but I try my hardest.
How much do you pay your bar staff then?
Apart from disagreeing about Mojito's , I'm with Felix.
Bravo chap.
What day is your day off? 😀
This thread just shows how provincial most of you are with a guillable attitude to how media/journalism works. 🙄
Might pop in with the lady and order an old fashioned and a martini, if you can't do the basics well.... 😉
Count yourself lucky. I'm in Accrington
tbh, you didn't need to add anything else.
At least you're not in Oswaldtwistle!
When you click open a harmless looking singletrackworld thread to glaze over for a moment whilst sat on the bog, and then 45 minutes later you're still crying and you're late for work!
Oops 😳
Quality STW moment, well done everyone 🙂
However
And we *are* called Manhattans Project
Anyone else think that's in poor taste?
And we *are* called Manhattans Project
Anyone else think that's in poor taste?
I am become "mixologist". The destroyer of pints.
Fantastic bit of morning reading - thank you everyone!
Manhattans Project is a great name. Split the beer atom!
I think bad taste would be complaining about the name, while living in a nuclear armed state, tbh 😆
I am become "mixologist". The destroyer of pints.
That, on the other hand, was funny.
At least you're not in Oswaldtwistle!
Ozzy would be an upgrade.
Actually, Beirut would be an upgrade.
£1 from each drink goes to the Anthony Nolan blood cancer charity. Of course, I OKed it with him first—he thinks it’s hilarious.
They cost more than a quid each!!!!!??!
Re the name being in bad taste...I do hear where you're coming from. I've had lots of chats with people wiser and more right on than me about it. We're not celebrating the Manhattan Project in any way (unlike, say Death Row Dinners), it's just a pun on the drink name (bear in mind this was originally just supposed to be my blog about Manhattans in london) that's got a bit out of hand. We do not endorse nuclear war!
@kimber the molecular mixology 'thing' comes from molecular gastronomy (ie Heston etc). I do get to play with a lot of acids/enzymes/rotovap, and I'm saving up for a centrifuge, but yep, not trying to pretend I'm a biochemist.
For those of you looking for pint size cocktails that don't blow the bank, there's always the Beergroni (pint of decent IPA with a shot of campari and a shot of sweet vermouth) or the PIna Colager (which I'm not 100% sure of the spec, but IPA + malibu + pineapple + lime, I think).
Surely someone can lay into me for running 1x10 with a chain device or something worthwhile, anyway 😉
We do not endorse nuclear war!
.....but we do recommend you try the "Global Thermonuclear Apocalypse"
It's one part Russian vodka, two parts American Cream Soda with an Israeli fig, served in a China teacup and accompanied by a Syrian hamster. All over I.S. 😯
PIna Colager (which I'm not 100% sure of the spec, but IPA + malibu + pineapple + lime, I think).
You filthy animal, do people actually buy that?
Well, felix, I'd pay you a visit, but I'm teetotal so it'd be lost on me.
I like your shoes Felix.
PIna Colager
*like* 😀
PIna Colager
That sounds rank (but then I cannot abide Malibu), but I doff my hat to you for the name. I'd have been proud of that one.
Jinx.
I'm going down that London next weekend, might give you a visit...
Do you do mild?
felix, I just clicked that link to your FB page, we have some mutual friends, they're all in the same trade.
Beergroni or the PIna Colager
Hmm I think [url= http://thepublandlord.com/ ]the pub landlord[/url] would have some choice words on those combo'
As a joke I was going to say pint sized cocktail = cheeky vimto. But then I checked and it turns out people actually do consider a pint of cheeky vimto to be a legit cocktail. So then I tried the same with turboshandy. Yup, same thing.
Next you'll be telling me that buying a 3 litre bottle of white lightning and a half bottle of grants vodka from Spar, necking some of the cider then pouring the voddy into it is a cocktail. Shider vodka pleash barman, shaken not schtirred. No, don't shake it, it'kk eckshplode
(for the correct ambiance, drink it while sat on a burned out nova)
